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Lake Placid council debates minutes format as member warns RPAC grant could be at risk
Summary
Councilwoman Charles asked that minutes reflect public concern that changing the pickleball/boat-ramp project from paved to pervious parking could jeopardize a $299,000 RPAC grant; council members split on keeping concise 'action minutes' versus recording substantive public concerns.
Councilwoman Charles urged the Lake Placid Town Council to record public comments about a pickleball and boat-ramp project that she said had changed scope from paved parking to pervious parking, raising a potential risk to a $299,000 RPAC grant.
The request came during approval of the consent agenda, when Charles asked that the minutes for a November meeting include a public comment flagging the scope change and questioned whether a separate $192,000 utility infrastructure line should have gone to the utilities commission for separate bidding. "There are material…
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